[NICKG]

i for one don't think we are dumber or smarter , but we live in a culture that values the lowest common denominator.and that shows the dumber easier..in Germany people who are gifted are nurtured...here they are nerds. Look at our most popular motorsport...nascrap, the whole thing is a microcosim of america...you have your redneck Jr fans...etc. We value things in a screwed up way, we work longer and take much less vacation, yet we produce less because no one cares about their job, the company theu work for or much of anything else outside their little world